What color paper should I use for my programs?

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Posted by Mici n KC

My colors are red, yellow and gold as an accent. I want to print the program in black ink because it's just easier. I thought of doing red paper with a gold ribbon, but I think the black ink on the red will be too dark. Any suggestions?

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are you printing them yourself or having them done? white printing would look striking

if you are doing it yourself, what about a red cover with a monogram, and white inside pages?

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Posted by bluegreen08

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Posted by Mici n KC

My colors are red, yellow and gold as an accent. I want to print the program in black ink because it's just easier. I thought of doing red paper with a gold ribbon, but I think the black ink on the red will be too dark. Any suggestions?

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are you printing them yourself or having them done? white printing would look striking

if you are doing it yourself, what about a red cover with a monogram, and white inside pages?

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Yes, I'm doing them myself. It's only going to be one sheet front and back folded so my options are limited somewhat.

I agree, the black on red might just be too dark. . what about printing it on gold paper and using a red ribbon?

here comes the paper nut with all her scrappbook esque ideas :) :)
funny how i have ideas for everyone but me :)

ok - so this is what i would do. sounds like you're doing booklet style 8.5 x11 yes?
ok well i would do it almost like a matte....
if thats the size - do Red 8.5 x 11 then have a piece of Yellow and trim it down to 8 x 10.5. print your program on the yellow with black ink(you can trim it after to make printing easier) then mount it on the red. fold and add gold ribbon. so you'll have a red cover now. if you want to print on the front - same thing. you'll mount the yellow paper on there. you would do a seprate 8.5 x 11 yellow sheet. print two covers per sheet and trim them down to 4 x 5.25. then mount the cover on the front. this will give you a red boarder with yellow paper and black ink.

if thats too much assembly and you didn't want to go that far into it...my only advice would be NOT to print with black on red - it will be very difficult to read. Do yellow for sure. maybe a red paper belly band with gold ribbon or something?

good luck let us know how it turns out!

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Posted by MrsHtobe

I agree, the black on red might just be too dark. . what about printing it on gold paper and using a red ribbon?

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I like this idea!

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Posted by colleen1117

here comes the paper nut with all her scrappbook esque ideas :) :)
funny how i have ideas for everyone but me :)

ok - so this is what i would do. sounds like you're doing booklet style 8.5 x11 yes?
ok well i would do it almost like a matte....
if thats the size - do Red 8.5 x 11 then have a piece of Yellow and trim it down to 8 x 10.5. print your program on the yellow with black ink(you can trim it after to make printing easier) then mount it on the red. fold and add gold ribbon. so you'll have a red cover now. if you want to print on the front - same thing. you'll mount the yellow paper on there. you would do a seprate 8.5 x 11 yellow sheet. print two covers per sheet and trim them down to 4 x 5.25. then mount the cover on the front. this will give you a red boarder with yellow paper and black ink.

if thats too much assembly and you didn't want to go that far into it...my only advice would be NOT to print with black on red - it will be very difficult to read. Do yellow for sure. maybe a red paper belly band with gold ribbon or something?

good luck let us know how it turns out!

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This sounds like too much work for me Thanks for the info, but I just want to keep it simple to one sheet to print and fold

Does anyone know where to get good paper for programs? I' m a bit clueless on this stuff....... HELP!

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Posted by MrsHtobe

I agree, the black on red might just be too dark. . what about printing it on gold paper and using a red ribbon?

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I like this idea.

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Posted by sliwa2

Does anyone know where to get good paper for programs? I' m a bit clueless on this stuff....... HELP!

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Michaels and AC Moore have paper. Or if you can get to the city, go to Paper Presentation. Lots of stuff and great prices.

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Posted by Mici n KC

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Posted by sliwa2

Does anyone know where to get good paper for programs? I' m a bit clueless on this stuff....... HELP!

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Michaels and AC Moore have paper. Or if you can get to the city, go to Paper Presentation. Lots of stuff and great prices.

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Great! I'll definitely have to hit that place up. Thank you =)

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Posted by Mici n KC

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Posted by MrsHtobe

I agree, the black on red might just be too dark. . what about printing it on gold paper and using a red ribbon?

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I like this idea!

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Yay, I'm glad That was easy haha

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Posted by colleen1117

here comes the paper nut with all her scrappbook esque ideas :) :)
funny how i have ideas for everyone but me :)

ok - so this is what i would do. sounds like you're doing booklet style 8.5 x11 yes?
ok well i would do it almost like a matte....
if thats the size - do Red 8.5 x 11 then have a piece of Yellow and trim it down to 8 x 10.5. print your program on the yellow with black ink(you can trim it after to make printing easier) then mount it on the red. fold and add gold ribbon. so you'll have a red cover now. if you want to print on the front - same thing. you'll mount the yellow paper on there. you would do a seprate 8.5 x 11 yellow sheet. print two covers per sheet and trim them down to 4 x 5.25. then mount the cover on the front. this will give you a red boarder with yellow paper and black ink.

if thats too much assembly and you didn't want to go that far into it...my only advice would be NOT to print with black on red - it will be very difficult to read. Do yellow for sure. maybe a red paper belly band with gold ribbon or something?

good luck let us know how it turns out!

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WOW! I had pictured the same thing in my head as soon as she asked the question. FREAKY!

Otherwise, if you want to keep it really simple, I'd print with a dark red on a yellow paper. It's just as easy to print with red as it is to print with black (if you have a color printer of course). If you want to add the gold, you can either do a gold & red ribbon or a gold stamp (of a flourish/design) or something.

i hear ya - i get these ideas ...then its the execution :)

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Posted by Mici n KC

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Posted by sliwa2

Does anyone know where to get good paper for programs? I' m a bit clueless on this stuff....... HELP!

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Michaels and AC Moore have paper. Or if you can get to the city, go to Paper Presentation. Lots of stuff and great prices.

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i ordered my paper online from paperandmore.com for the ivory and mygatsby.com for the antique gold.

paperandmore.com was so cheap and easy! they didnt carry the color gold i wanted though